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Lemuel James Alston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811
Preceded byElias Earle
Succeeded byElias Earle
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1789 – 1790
Personal details
Born1760 (1760)
Granville County, Province of North Carolina, British America
Died1836 (aged 75–76)
Clarke County, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Professionlawyer

Lemuel James Alston (1760–1836) was a slave owner[1] and U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in the eastern part of Granville County (which is now Warren County) in the Province of North Carolina, Alston moved to South Carolina after the Revolutionary War and settled near Greens Mill, which soon became the town of Greenville, South Carolina. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greenville. He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1789 to 1790.

Alston was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811). He moved in 1816 to Clarke County, Alabama, and settled near Grove Hill, Alabama where he presided over the orphans' court and the county court from November 1816 until May 1821. He died at "Alston Place," Clarke County, Alabama, in 1836.

References

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  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved January 15, 2022

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 8th congressional district

1807–1811
Succeeded by
Elias Earle